Items in Category “Success Stories”

JBEI’s -omics data visualization tool, Arrowland, facilitates new scientific discovery.

In a Scientific Reports (Nature) paper entitled “In vitro characterization of phenylacetate decarboxylase, a novel enzyme catalyzing toluene biosynthesis in an anaerobic microbial community”, researchers at JBEI investigated an enzyme that could enable first-time biochemical production of the widely used octane booster, toluene.

JBEI scientists demonstrate a biological approach to convert nuisance chemicals in municipal wastewater treatment (sewage) plants into renewable fuels or chemicals.

JBEI scientists have shown that adding carbon dioxide gas during the deconstruction phase of biofuel production successfully neutralized the toxicity of ionic liquids. The technique, which is reversible, allows the liquid to be recycled, representing a major step forward in streamlining the biofuel production process.

A workflow was developed to assess and interpret multi-omics data to characterize strain variation in biofuel-producing E. coli.

JBEI researchers use engineered bacteria to simplify biofuels production, potentially lowering cost

The event took place at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado

JBEI scientist Ee-Been Goh thrives on re-engineering bacteria and mentoring students.

JBEI researchers are participating in two teams in this second round of training

Three U.S. Department of Energy-funded research centers – BESC, GLBRC, and JBEI – are making progress on a shared mission to develop technologies that will bring advanced biofuels to the marketplace, reporting today the disclosure of their 500th invention.